INQ-271 | Henry VIII

Full Title: Henry VIII: Histories Within Histories

Topic Description:

This course is about Henry VIII, his wives, ministers, and the rest of the people in his kingdom(s). The course is about us too. It is also about some Victorian authors; and about some twentieth-century authors; and even some twenty-first-century authors. We will examine how texts have represented different events from Henry’s reign. Historians writing in the late Victorian period, the modern era, and the post modern era have presented the period and the main historical figures in strikingly different fashions. In order to comment upon how contemporary concerns have influenced the “image” or “construction” of Henry VIII, his wives, and ministers, we will compare and contrast these representations in our search for a wiser understanding of historical methodology.

Counts as Global? No

Topic Approved: February 2010